Four Southern States Going Under 'Freeze Warning' Overnight

Winter has hit the United States hard over the last week or so, and the impact has been widespread. While the northern Plains, Midwest and Northeast have been hardest hit, even the South is feeling the effects.

Beginning overnight Sunday and extending into Monday morning, parts of four Southern states -- Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Texas--will be under a "Freeze Warning" from the National Weather Service (NWS).

A rare 'freeze' in Alabama, Florida, Georgia

On Sunday morning, the NWS Jacksonville location announced a "Freeze Warning" for several areas from 1 a.m. ET until 10 a.m. ET Monday.

The areas under alert include:

• Portions of northeast and northern Florida and southeast Georgia
• Trout River County in Georgia and Coastal Camden and Coastal Glynn Counties in Florida
• Coastal Nassau County in Florida

A "Cold Weather Advisory" is also in place in those locations during the same time frame.

"For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 22 expected," the NWS said.

Additionally, the NWS Tallahassee outpost published a "Freeze Warning" for a "hard freeze" for parts of southeast Alabama and south central and southwest Georgia from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET Monday, with a "Freeze Watch," also for a "hard freeze" from late Monday night through Tuesday morning.

"For the (Hard) Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22 expected," the NWS said. "For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 14 expected. For the (Hard) Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 21 possible."

Among the concerns the NWS mentions, the frost and freeze conditions could "kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing."

Cold weather messing with Texas

On Sunday morning, the NWS Houston/Galveston station released a "Freeze Warning" for more than a dozen counties in Southeast Texas from midnight CT to 9 a.m. CT Monday.

Sub-freezing temperatures in the high 20s are expected, with the NWS urging residents to "take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold."

"Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing," the NWS added.

Additionally, the NWS Austin/San Antonio location issued a similar "Freeze Warning" for the same timeframe in De Witt, Fayette, and Lavaca Counties.